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Perspective

Jan. 31, 2013

Legal funds promote equal access to justice

We need to ignite the fire in our young attorneys to take on even more clients who seek restitution for injury, fraud and trademark infringement but cannot afford to pay an hourly rate. By Michael Alder


By Michael Alder


My past year serving as president to the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) gave me deeper insight into the plight of young trial lawyers. They often want to represent people who have solid cases against large companies and other organizations but simply don't have the resources to mount a winning defense.


In President Barack Obama's second inauguration speech, he pointed to the divide in our country of those ...

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